Removing the trim from the inside of the rear door

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MarileenK

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Grand California 600
Hi! I've been searching the www and this forum, but haven't found my answer yet. We're looking to mount a "push rack" bike rack to the back door of our GC600 (https://www.youtube.com/@pushcomponents4277). We've been using the thule van rack and those rails have been glued to the backside of the door. And those rails don't feel secure enough.

Our idea is to mount airline rails to the back of the door, so that the rails are also attached with screws and not just with glue. For that we have to loosen the inside of the right rear door.

We will manage the lower part. But we wonder how the upper part is attached. We have seen that Velcro has been used, we have loosened that. But above that we have the idea that it is glued. Does anyone know? How do we loosen the upper panel of this door?

Thanks for thinking along!

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Probably VW clips, use a trim tool shaped like a crowbar, pretend you are a VW technician and it is not your van!
 
Lol thanks :thumb;) we might end up doing it like that :Grin

Hopefully someone on this forum has done this before and can help us out
 
We figured it out: it was velcro, tape and clips. We were able to remove everything on both sides and to remove the Thule rails on the outside.

So now it's time to place the airline rails.

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What was the procedure for removing the rear door lower panel fixings, did any break?
Thanks, Paul.
 
Hi MarileenK
Very useful, thanks for following your initial post through with the images etc. did you buy any of those white trim clips ? If so do you have a part number for them ?
Many thanks
Ps we are removing the rear panels to put rear speakers for audio.
 
@mr pg: nothing broke. We had to loosen the turning (screwing?) part around a little and could then remove them with a screwdiver. None of those broke

@PaulGC680 : I searched our online shopping history but can't find where we ordered them :( I'm sorry

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The Push Rack supplier added a video to YouTube:

We've been using our set-up last summer and are very happy with it.
 
Thank you very much for the link.
I received the clips from VW, Friday
VW Part number is WHT-008-733
I had broken most of my clips in the removal process.

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MarileenK said:
@mr pg: nothing broke. We had to loosen the turning (screwing?) part around a little and could then remove them with a screwdiver. None of those broke

@PaulGC680 : I searched our online shopping history but can't find where we ordered them :( I'm sorry

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The Push Rack supplier added a video to YouTube:

We've been using our set-up last summer and are very happy with it.
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@MarileenK I'm considering using the same solution from Pushrack. How has your experience been overall? Pros, cons, durability?
 
@hamp

A big advantage for us is that we can now take our two e-bikes with us outside the camper. Previously, we had one on our Thule rack and one in the camper, which always made it feel like a hassle to prepare our sleeping place for the night (then the bike had to come out).

In the beginning, we found it very difficult to get used to the fact that the bikes swing back and forth quite a bit while driving. You don't see this when you mount the bikes on a normal rack (despite the fact that they also move). We have now travelled more than 5,000 kilometres with our bikes hanging like this and are convinced of the push rack system. Hanging up and removing the bikes is easy.

We did do some minor bike tweaks: we adjusted the position of the hand brakes on the bike so that they hang neatly in the system.

The mounting with the airline system/rails is also really nice. The rack we had before was attached to the back of the door with two clamps and mounting kit and that was even starting to come loose. Now each rail is rock solid on the door of the camper. I don't think this will ever come loose ;)
 
MarileenK said:
@hamp

A big advantage for us is that we can now take our two e-bikes with us outside the camper. Previously, we had one on our Thule rack and one in the camper, which always made it feel like a hassle to prepare our sleeping place for the night (then the bike had to come out).

In the beginning, we found it very difficult to get used to the fact that the bikes swing back and forth quite a bit while driving. You don't see this when you mount the bikes on a normal rack (despite the fact that they also move). We have now travelled more than 5,000 kilometres with our bikes hanging like this and are convinced of the push rack system. Hanging up and removing the bikes is easy.

We did do some minor bike tweaks: we adjusted the position of the hand brakes on the bike so that they hang neatly in the system.

The mounting with the airline system/rails is also really nice. The rack we had before was attached to the back of the door with two clamps and mounting kit and that was even starting to come loose. Now each rail is rock solid on the door of the camper. I don't think this will ever come loose ;)
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That’s awesome, thanks for your review :D
 
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